Monthly Archive: June 2019

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Pharmacare report draws commendation and condemnation

Last week, the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare released its final report on the issue, which called for universal single-payer public pharmacare across the country. Following that report, stakeholders from all...

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Genius Financial Group and Lussier Dale Parizeau consolidate

A major transaction in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Sorel-Tracy, QC (June 10, 2019) – André Lussier, President of Lussier Dale Parizeau and the four partners of Genius Financial Group – Jean-Pierre Gauvreau, Serge Gravel and Éric Émond,...

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InsurTech is moving forward, but is privacy catching up?

By Chris Jones, TurnOnVPN — With technology disrupting so many aspects of insurance, insurers are under increasing pressure to update their business model. On one hand, InsurTech startups are attracting young customers and investors...

Retirement Challenge: Leveraging Life Insurance As An Asset

Life insurance sales are stagnant, but profits are still being made. By Bryan Nicholson Retirement security has become one of the top domestic policy issues to be discussed this year — and for good...

IIAC announces Hall of Fame inductees

The Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC) announced on June 13 the 2019 Inductees into the Investment Industry Hall of Fame. The new inductees are: Helen Kearns, President & CEO, Bell Kearns & Associates;...

Regulators release new business plan

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) released on June 14 two publications: the CSA Business Plan 2016-2019 Achievement Highlights and the CSA Business Plan 2019-2022. The CSA Business Plan 2019-2022 sets out the priorities of...

IG Wealth Management announces multiple changes to fund line up

IG Wealth Management announced on June 13 a number of changes to its mutual fund and iProfile offering. These changes include management fee reductions on certain funds; risk rating changes to three funds and...